【英语】江苏省南通市2020-2021学年高二上学期期中模拟考试试题(解析版)
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江苏省南通市2020-2021学年高二上学期
期中模拟考试英语试题
第一部分阅读理解
第一节阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
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It was late August when I got a call from a grandmother. She lives in Seeley Lake, Montana, and she has heard we have air purifiers(净化器)with highefficiency particulate air(HEPA) aircleaners that can help with smoke. She needs one for the baby’s room. I explained we didn’t have any and told her how to purchase one.
She coughed and went silent with disappointment before asking how much they cost. Almost every person I talk to in Seeley Lake has this cough. “The family doesn’t have much money,” she said, but she promised to order a filter for the child. Small filters—ones that can clean a bedroom of up to 75 square feet—cost about $70 each.
The next day, the wildfire that had been burning for weeks in the Lolo National Forest, northeast of town, moved closer to the woman’s neighborhood, and the county sheriff’s office evacuated(疏散)the area.I wondered whether the aircleaner would be there when the family returned home.I knew the smoke would be.
As an airquality specialist with the Missoula CityCounty Health Department in Montana, my job is to understand air pollution, control it as much as possible, and help people protect themselves from its effects.I focus on smoke management：issuing permits for outdoor burns and updating residents about what to expect from the smoke when wildfires send it our way.
Never had we seen so many wildfires so close to home for so many weeks. There are six classes on the Environmental Protection Agency’s Air Quality Index(指数)：good, moderate, unhealthy for sensitive groups, unhealthy, very unhealthy, and dangerous.Seeley Lake’s air reached a dangerous class in 18 days last summer.
Last year was troubled by wildfires around the country.The fires that struck Northern California alone killed 44 people and caused more than $9 billion in damage.But this isn’t just a recent problem, nor is it limited to the West.Wildfires hit 49 states in 2017, including a swath from Florida to Virginia. More than 9 million acres burned nationwide, compared with the yearly。